Greater concern for the impoverished would be most welcome, if not long overdue, at the IMF itself.

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Meanwhile, local accountants said the agency sent letters to some taxpayers offering them "amnesty" if they paid long-overdue taxes when in fact no taxes were owed that tax year.

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Unfortunately, it would be par for the Bush Administration's course if, having now reluctantly delivered this long-overdue slap on the wrist, the Secretary of State were to be dispatched to Belgrade to smooth ruffled Serbian feathers.

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Even if the fractious five manage to give birth to their long overdue resolution, Mr Hussein will probably reject it, smartly.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

If he can achieve that, Japan might start a long-overdue push to reform and revitalise its economy.

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Even if the reality falls short of world exchanges, consolidation is long overdue for those who need capital or who have capital to supply.

ECONOMIST: The prospect of a transatlantic merger is long overdue

It looks as though the Federal Communications Commission may yet have to step in if the industry as a whole is to make its long-overdue leap into the present.

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It's a commitment that's paid for in part by efficiencies in our system that are long overdue, and it's a step we must take if we hope to bring down our deficit in the years to come.

CNN: Obama speech to Congress focuses on economy

Most of what is in the bill is long overdue and I do not think would have caused us too much trouble even if we were to have sufficient time to discuss it in detail in committee.

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